CHM1321/1721: Newman Projections, Chairs and Stereochemistry

CHM1321/1721: Newman Projections, Chairs and Stereochemistry

Review Session Details
  • All students attending Review Session will receive "Midterm 1 Package" containing past uOttawa Professor midterms! 
  • Convert condensed chemical formulas into line structure
  • Learn how to Newman Projections in steps
  • Learn to draw and convert between chair conformations in steps
  • Understand more favourable chair conformations via ring strain
  • Learn to switch between line structure and Newman projections
  • Apply Newman projection structure to energy diagrams
  • Stereochemistry of sp3 (R/S) and alkene (E/Z) structures
  • Distinguish between enantiomers, diastereomers and meso compounds
  • Learn how to calculate optical activity and enantiomeric excess